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CHENNAI: A curious coincidence led 62-year-old V Ravi to read about the Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute attached to the Madras Sanskrit College in Mylapore which is languishing for want of funds at a time when he had just begun learning Sanskrit. An email thread, circulated on the subject, had made its way to the mailing [...]

Lucerne, June 14 (IBNS) City of Lucerne in Switzerland has reportedly agreed to allow Hindus to perform rituals related to dispersing cremated remains on the Reuss River bank. According to reports, an environmental study has confirmed that these rites would not cause environmental harm. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) on [...]

Destiny, Heaven & Hell in Hinduism [...]

Lachit Borphukan : A great 'unknown' Son of Sanatan Dharma [...]

MANGALORE: His attire and mannerism reflects asceticism. But unlike other seers, 68 year-old Swami Bhaktiteertha has hit the road to apply brakes on the trend of naming beedi wrappers, wine shops, non-vegetarian restaurants among others after Hindu gods and goddesses. Since June this year ( 2012), the seer, travelling in a custom built Maruti van [...]

Hinduism has traditionally regarded four basic aims of life.These are called “Purusharthas”, 1. Kama (pleasure and desire) 2. Artha (material wellbeing and wealth acquisition) 3. Dharma (righteousness, duty and order) 4. Moksha (spiritual liberation, union with the Supreme)     Fulfilling and Balancing the Purusharthas The civilisation of the Hindus founded itself upon the idea of [...]

As you pull into the driveway of the Sri Lakshmi Hindu Temple in the Boston suburb of Ashland, Sanskrit chants reverberate from a building across the way where free classes are being held. From seven-year-olds to 70-year-olds, people in Boston, New York, Seattle, Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles and other cities over the U.S. are attending [...]

BUENOS AIRES: If you’re ever in Buenos Aires don’t forget to visit Groove, a trendy nightclub that should pleasantly surprise any Indian. Because at Groove you won’t hear salsa or reggaton music, like you do at most such places, but instead soulful Sanskrit melodies that rent the air. “I had the most unusual nightclub experience [...]

The Indus River in Karakoram Range near Skardu, Pakistan, remains a lifeline even in the modern day Climate change led to the collapse of the ancient Indus civilization more than 4,000 years ago, archaeologists believe. The Indus civilization was the largest – but least known – of the first great urban cultures that also included [...]

Dr Koenraad Elst explores the truth behind the often made claim that Buddha was a caste reformist [...]